Building More LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Education for Students
At 13, Chris Angel Murphy left an abusive home and entered Los Angeles’s foster care system. “I was struggling with…
P.E. Sucks
There has long been a consensus of sorts among schoolchildren: gym fucking sucks. Unless you are very good at sports or…
Virginia Teacher Fired After Refusing to Call a Trans Student 'Him'
Virginia’s West Point School Board has reached a unanimous decision to terminate a Virginia educator who refused to…
Teachers in Texas Voice Concerns Over Curriculum Standards That 'Misrepresent' the Civil War
Proposed changes to Texas curriculum standards impede instructors’ ability to teach “accurate history,” some teachers…
Rihanna Wrote an Op-Ed About the Global Education Crisis
Just days after Rihanna hosted the fourth annual Diamond Ball to benefit the Clara Lionel Foundation, which works to…
Revenge Porn Took My Career. The Law Couldn't Get It Back
I didn’t know the term “revenge porn” until 2014, the year my ex-boyfriend gave stolen photographs of me in my bedroom…
There's a New, Dystopian Game Show Where People Compete to Have Their Student Loan Debts Paid
The game show I’m about to describe to you is both incredibly fucked up and also, essentially, like any other game…
Trump Is Getting Rid of Guidelines That Encouraged Racial Diversity in College Admissions
The Trump administration wants colleges to adopt a so-called race-blind (read: racist) approach to college admissions,…
Betsy DeVos's Education Department to Stop Investigating Betsy DeVos's Friends
A team investigating fraud by for-profit colleges is getting defanged under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.…
The Texas Board of Education Refuses to Call Mexican-American Studies What It Is
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the fuckery committed regularly by certain elected representatives.
DeVos-Backed Campaign Literally Writing the Script to Smear Striking Teachers
Right-wing billionaires are sure to disapprove of any large-scale public action that underlines how bad their preferred…
The Arizona Supreme Court Just Fucked Over Thousands of DACA Students
Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are no longer eligible for in-state tuition in…
Kentucky Teachers Shut Down Schools Over Pension Bill
Schools in over 20 Kentucky counties have announced closures on Friday as teachers across the state protest a…
A List of Things Betsy DeVos Doesn't Know, According to Betsy DeVos
Education Secretary and billionaire conservative donor Betsy DeVos sat down for an interview with Lesley Stahl on 60…
GOP Wisconsin Senate Candidate Once Blamed 'Self Esteem Movement' For Columbine Shooting
Wisconsin Republican senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a woman who has perhaps never been a teenager, once wrote that the…
400 Professors Urge Students to Boycott University of Rochester for Mishandling Harassment Allegations
More than 400 professors from universities around the world signed a letter urging students to avoid applying to the…
University of Rochester Compares Sexual Misconduct Complaint to Discredited Rolling Stone Report
Following a searing Mother Jones report on allegations of misconduct in the University of Rochester’s cognitive and…
20 Attorneys General Send Letter to Betsy DeVos Demanding She Not Roll Back Title IX Enforcement
Last week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled that she’d like to overhaul the Obama-era enforcement mandates of…